Everyone thinks they know Libby Strout, the girl once dubbed
'America's Fattest Teen'. But no one's taken the time to look past her
weight to get to see who she really is. Since her mum's death, she's
been picking up the pieces in the privacy of her home, dealing with her
heartbroken father and her own grief. Now, Libby's ready: for high
school, for new friends, for love, and for EVERY POSSIBILITY LIFE HAS TO
OFFER. I know the part I want to play here at MVB High. I want to be the girl who can do anything.
Everyone
thinks they know Jack Masselin too. Yes, he's got swagger, but he's
also mastered the art of fitting in. What no one knows is that Jack has a
secret: he can't recognize faces. Even his own brothers are strangers
to him. He's the guy who can re-engineer and rebuild anything, but he
can't understand what's going on with the inner workings of his own
brain. So he tells himself to play it cool: Be charming. Be hilarious. Don't get too close to anyone.
Until
he meets Libby. When the two get tangled up in a cruel high school game
which lands them in group counseling, Libby and Jack are both angry,
and then surprised. Because the more time they spend together, the less
alone they feel. Because sometimes when you meet someone, it changes the world - theirs and yours.

"No one can lock you back in, Libby. You choose whether you let them."

"Dear friend,
You are not a freak. You are wanted. You are necessary. You are the only
you there is. Don’t be afraid to leave the castle. It’s a great big
world out there.
Love, a fellow reader"

"It was trying to carry around both [weights] that got to be too much.
Which is why sometimes you have to set some of it down. You can’t carry
all of it forever."

"We don’t ever leave that old world behind. We just create a new one."

"It’s funny, right? That even though we’re basically alone in here, it’s easy to lose track of yourself."

"Life is too short judge others. It is not our job to tell someone what
they feel or who they are. Why not spend some time on yourself instead?"

"The bad moments always have a way of coming around again, way too soon."

"People are shitty for a lot of reasons. Sometimes they’re just shitty
people. Sometimes people have been shitty to them and, even though they
don’t realize it, they take that shitty upbringing and go out into the
world and treat others the same way. Sometimes they’re shitty because
they’re afraid. Sometimes they choose to be shitty to others before
others can be shitty to them. So it’s like a self-defensive shittiness."